A Day in the Life of Ernie

Do ya ever see that mom in a grocery store yelling at her kids and you think, “aww, that’s not cool,” then you find yourself BEING that mom?

Or wait until you get to the car to unload on the kids for their behavior, only to see the windows are down?

Do ya have time to put makeup on anymore in the morning? I don’t, but Molly finds time – she gets my eye shadow out and rubs it on her chin.

Ever feel like you are in a grocery store and over the intercom you keep hearing, “MOM?” over and over again in a 22 month olds voice? And you think how will I get any groceries with this constant paging? Or when I used to stock shelves at a grocery store, imagine getting paged like that and expected to get your work done?

Like that expression, “never cry over spilled milk?” Whoever came up with that, did they have to clean it up every morning at the breakfast table?

Are you woken up by 7:17am and expected to take on the day with good spirits, smiles and lolly pops?

How many times has your cell phone been dropped on the floor?

Do you sometimes look forward to bedtime so you can have a breather?

Do ya wonder if your laundry grows right outta baskets like ours does?

Does your smoke detector go off while making mac n cheese?

How about your shelf in your fridge, does it come detached and everything shifts right to the front and out the open door?

Ever run outta butter, cereal and milk on the same day, 2 days before grocery shopping is on the to do list?

Put your kids to bed after yelling at them for being complete bung holes at the restaurant, only for your oldest to come downstairs and apologize and as he walks away peeks back around the corner and says “I love you more than a lot, Mom.”